Improvement in automatic toys



E. R. IvEs e. J. W. PILKINGTON.

AUTOMATIC TOY.

Patented Nov.2,1875.

WITNESSES QV By 7i W A ./ttornay N.PETF.RS, PHDTO-UThuGRAPMER.WASHINGTON. D C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

EDWARD It. IVES AND JOSEPH W. PILKINGTON, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONN.

IMPROVEMENT IN AUTOMATIC TOYS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 169,547, dated November2, 1875; application filed May 6, 1875.`

useful Improvements in Mechanical Toys; and 4 do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings and to theA letters of referencemarked thereon, making a part of this specification. Our inventionrelates to the class of toy animals which are formed with a series offlexiblejoints; and the nature of our invention consists in thecombination, with a jointed toy animal, of a clockwork for propellingthe same and one or more cranks, with pitmen connecting the clock-workwith the jointed parts ot' the animal for vibrating the same, all ashereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to'which our inventionappertains to` makeV and use the same, We will now proceed to describeits construction and. operation, referring to the annexed drawing, whichrepresents a perspective View of an alligator embodying our invention.

A represents the body of a toy alligator; B, the head; C, the neck, andD the tail. The neck C and tail D are provided each with a series 0fexible joints, a a, as shown, in the usual manner for such toys. Withinthe body A of the animal is arranged a clock-worlgoperating an axle, a,on which the driving-wheels Gr Gr are secured. These wheels are locatedunder the front part of the body A, and the rear part is supported on asingle wheel, H,-

mounted on a stud on a pivoted standard, so that said wheel may be setat any angle desired, and thereby guide the animal either in a straightline or in a circle of any desired size. On one end of a shaft, b, inthe clockwork is a crank, d, from which a rod or pitman, h, connectswith the head B.

When the clock-work is wound up, and the toy placed on a level place, itwill move, and at the same time the jointed parts will vibrate from sideto side. p

It is, of course, evident that more than one crank and pitman may beused to connect the operating clock-work with the jointed parts of thetoy animal. In some cases the crank and pitinan may be entirelydispensed with, and the jointed parts of the toy be vibrated simply bythe movementof the toy.

VBy the adjustment of the wheel H the toy may be guided as desired.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as newfanddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, in a mechanical toy, of a body mounted on wheels, andcontaining a clock mechanism, a sectional ilexible tail, and a sectionalilexible head or neck, connecting with the clock mechanism by a pitman,all substantially asset forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our handsthis 26th day of April, 1875. A

EDWARD R. IVES.

J. W. PILKINGTON.

Witnesses:

C. L. EVERT, F. W. SMITH.

